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that the cia had infiltrated an al qaeda plot to blow up an airliner. the bomb was a more advanced version the so-called underwear bomber attempted to use on christmas day in 2009. here was nbc news reporting at the time. >> this is a remarkable success for the intelligence agencies of the united states and its allies. and here's why. they managed to insert a critical informant into the very heart of the terror group that's considered the number one threat to the united states. al qaeda's offshoot in yemen. >> reporter: administration and intelligence officials say by the time this most recent plot was in its final planning stages, the u.s. and its allies were able to follow it in detail. what the terrorists in yemen did not know at the time these officials say is that the person they chose to be the suicide bomber was actually an informant, someone who had agreed to cooperate with an ally intelligence service. members of congress declined to be specific but praised the cia and the overseas counterparts. >> this was incredibly good intelligence work. th
that the cia had infiltrated an al qaeda plot to blow up an airliner. the bomb was a more advanced version the so-called underwear bomber attempted to use on christmas day in 2009. here was nbc news reporting at the time. >> this is a remarkable success for the intelligence agencies of the united states and its allies. and here's why. they managed to insert a critical informant into the very heart of the terror group that's considered the number one threat to the united states. al qaeda's...
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seminole image and you write that classifying the actual photo of bin laden's body which you say the cia wanted that photo out there and instead it was classified and you write that that ensured that the defining moment of the operation was the obama security team resolute and astride in armchairs. why was that? >> this is what gets to the heart, i think of what bothers people generally about leak investigations, about secrecy and overclassification is thatta i lot of the decisions made to classify things that might be in the public's interest or the public would at least have a right to know, but certainly have an interest to know are made for political reasons and this was one of them not so much, the administration could not have classified the picture and not released it, but they classified it and it was national security information and the argument is if the picture got out as one administration official described to me way back when it could inflame tensions in the muslim world because it would show a very graphic image of a dead person. >> sort of like killing hill. >> right. bu
seminole image and you write that classifying the actual photo of bin laden's body which you say the cia wanted that photo out there and instead it was classified and you write that that ensured that the defining moment of the operation was the obama security team resolute and astride in armchairs. why was that? >> this is what gets to the heart, i think of what bothers people generally about leak investigations, about secrecy and overclassification is thatta i lot of the decisions made...
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this has five reporters and an editor were an exclusive tip that the cia foiled an active terror thought in yemen tow coincide the death of osama bin laden. among the big issues here is the depth of the search. it was wide reaching and included home phones, cell
this has five reporters and an editor were an exclusive tip that the cia foiled an active terror thought in yemen tow coincide the death of osama bin laden. among the big issues here is the depth of the search. it was wide reaching and included home phones, cell
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i am tired of seeing the cia get beat up. they live under such a cloud of secrecy. and they are good people and honorable people and the cia would not have left them behind. i know them too well. there has to be more hearings and we are calling for a bipartisan commission and bring in the military and cia people and get to the bottom of this. >> i hope it happens. general, thank you. and christian, you having first- hand knowledge. >> the family members of the benghazi victims get the answers they wanted in the hearings? i will ask the mother of shawn smith next. ♪ ♪ so you can make easy, no-fee reloads with cash and checks... and know you're not on your own. so you can get the reloadable card that keeps up with you. chase liquid. so you can. >> the fact is, we have four dead americans, was it because of a protest or guys out for a night deciding to kill americans, what difference does it make? >> secretary of state clinton testifying in a hearing. one of the whistle-blowers who testified a former regional security officer erick nord storm responded. it matters
i am tired of seeing the cia get beat up. they live under such a cloud of secrecy. and they are good people and honorable people and the cia would not have left them behind. i know them too well. there has to be more hearings and we are calling for a bipartisan commission and bring in the military and cia people and get to the bottom of this. >> i hope it happens. general, thank you. and christian, you having first- hand knowledge. >> the family members of the benghazi victims get...
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to congress by the cia, that this was an intelligence assessment. republicans pounced and attacked and suggested that improperly the white house or others altered those talking points, changed the intelligence assessment, and what the release of these e-mails show is that republicans are wrong. they were wrong then, and they're wrong now. and this has been a highly politicized affair about, you know, that totally misses the point about what happened in benghazi. we should be focused on finding out who did it, who killed four americans and bring them to justice. that's what the president's focused on. we should be focused on taking action to ensure that we have the appropriate security for our diplomats and our diplomatic facilities to make sure that this doesn't happen again. that's what this president's been focused on. you heard him talk about that again today. when it comes to the issue of al qaeda, as i said, i think if you look at the e-mails, the changes that you're talking about, some of them were made by the cia internally and the other issu
to congress by the cia, that this was an intelligence assessment. republicans pounced and attacked and suggested that improperly the white house or others altered those talking points, changed the intelligence assessment, and what the release of these e-mails show is that republicans are wrong. they were wrong then, and they're wrong now. and this has been a highly politicized affair about, you know, that totally misses the point about what happened in benghazi. we should be focused on finding...
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i am tired of seeing the cia get beat up. they live under such a cloud of secrecy. and they are good people and honorable people and the cia would not have left them behind. i know them too well. there has to be more hearings and we are calling for a bipartisan commission and bring in the military and cia people and get to the bottom of this. >> i hope it happens. general, thank you. and christian, you having first- hand knowledge. >> the family members of the benghazi victims get the answers they wanted in the hearings? i will ask the mother of shawn smith next. [ engine sputters ] [ dennis ] allstate wants everyone to be protected on the road. whether you're an allstate customer or not. all you have to do is call. [ female announcer ] call and sign up for good hands roadside assistance today. [ dennis ] are you in good hands? try mail marketing from constantcontact. it's the fastest, easiest way to create great-looking custom e-mails that bring customers through your door. sign up for your free trial today at constantcontact.com/try. >> the fact is, we have four d
i am tired of seeing the cia get beat up. they live under such a cloud of secrecy. and they are good people and honorable people and the cia would not have left them behind. i know them too well. there has to be more hearings and we are calling for a bipartisan commission and bring in the military and cia people and get to the bottom of this. >> i hope it happens. general, thank you. and christian, you having first- hand knowledge. >> the family members of the benghazi victims get...
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with high profile attacks leading to cia deaths as with the attack on the cia boast in afghanistan in december, 2009, in which seven cia officials were killed, sometimes the cia publicly acknowledges and honors cia officials killed but that did not happen in this case. then cia director david patraeus did not attend the funerals of woods and doherty. obviously cia officers feel it imperative to keep their work in the shadows but that in this case may also keep some of the answers about benghazi in the dark as well. >>> coming up, not a great week for the president but while the scandals swirl there is a little teenie bit of good news getting ground out, the deficit problem may be slowing -- not disappearing -- slowing. breaking news out of the arab world. an al qaeda backed suicide attack is foiled in egypt. the reported target? western embassies. we'll have an update when "the we'll have an update when "the lead" continues. b positive?? have you eaten today? i had some lebanese food for lunch. i love the lebanese. i... i'm not sure. enough of the formalities... lets get started shall
with high profile attacks leading to cia deaths as with the attack on the cia boast in afghanistan in december, 2009, in which seven cia officials were killed, sometimes the cia publicly acknowledges and honors cia officials killed but that did not happen in this case. then cia director david patraeus did not attend the funerals of woods and doherty. obviously cia officers feel it imperative to keep their work in the shadows but that in this case may also keep some of the answers about benghazi...
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she's battled cia assassins and evil scientists as a movie star. but hollywood a-lister and global activist angelina jolie is waging a real life war against a disease that threatens to cut short the real lives of women. it's her newly public battle against the risks of breast cancer that has turned her into a true inspiration for women around the world. >> wherefore she goes, whatever she does, angelina jolie captured headlines and the limelight like a magnet. >> in some ways it seems you've used a sort of jiu-jitsu move of celebrity, all of this enormous spotlight on you. you seem to want to turn around on people who would otherwise get no attention. >> yeah. and that's the positive thing of celebrity. i can do more good with one foot on one side and one foot in the other. >> her stunning beauty and hit movies like laura croft, tomb raider. >> an oscar for "girl interrupted." >> i'm playing the villain, baby. just like you want. >> for her pairing with superstar brad pitt. together in "mr. and mrs. smith". >> who's your daddy now? soo. >> and thei
she's battled cia assassins and evil scientists as a movie star. but hollywood a-lister and global activist angelina jolie is waging a real life war against a disease that threatens to cut short the real lives of women. it's her newly public battle against the risks of breast cancer that has turned her into a true inspiration for women around the world. >> wherefore she goes, whatever she does, angelina jolie captured headlines and the limelight like a magnet. >> in some ways it...
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the biggest presence was in a completely cia operation and they were relying on the cia for security. so, of course, as they work out the talking points, the question becomes, who is to blame for the absence of the security and the cia is saying, not us, we're not responsible for consulates and the state department is saying it has to be. >> steve, do you believe ultimately the white house made this decision we're then going to limit information even more so? >> i think all white houses do that. >> knee jerk -- >> well, this white house, but i would say the bush/cheney white house engaged in the same kind of information withholding on a variety of issues. people may not remember that now and it's one of the problems emdemic of executive branches who become obsessed with not only secrecy, but not wanting information out and worrying about the risk. they are trying to coordinate and synthesize a story. put them out. >> say we don't know yet. >> some interesting revelations that were very compelling. in my view, doesn't change, in my mind, what would have been likely on the ground. and y
the biggest presence was in a completely cia operation and they were relying on the cia for security. so, of course, as they work out the talking points, the question becomes, who is to blame for the absence of the security and the cia is saying, not us, we're not responsible for consulates and the state department is saying it has to be. >> steve, do you believe ultimately the white house made this decision we're then going to limit information even more so? >> i think all white...
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turns out the original drafts talked about extremists with links to al-qaeda and noted the cia had warned for months about threats in benghazi. but all that was taken out before susan rice went on the sunday talk shows. we invited congressmen from two key house panels. mike rogers the republican chair of the intelligence committee and from seattle adam smith the top democrat on the armed services committee. you were on "fox news sunday" september 16 right after susan rice came on the show he and she said it was a spontaneous reaction to a video he that had been hijacked by extremists. from the very beginning you doubted her account. let's watch. >> i have serious questions. it seemed to be a military style coordinated. i'm just suspect that they could come to that conclusion that it was a spontaneous effort given the coordination of it. >> chris: after what you learned this week, the fact of what state department officials were saying during the attack. how often and the talking points were changed, did the obama administration mislead or even lie to the american people? >> well, it is --
turns out the original drafts talked about extremists with links to al-qaeda and noted the cia had warned for months about threats in benghazi. but all that was taken out before susan rice went on the sunday talk shows. we invited congressmen from two key house panels. mike rogers the republican chair of the intelligence committee and from seattle adam smith the top democrat on the armed services committee. you were on "fox news sunday" september 16 right after susan rice came on the...
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the general counsel said cia said let's be careful, folks. the fbi and the people doing the investigation don't want us talking about who we think might be responsible. and then later on, there is an anti-smoking gun. a memo on the 14th which was the day before susan rice went on tv from a guy named matt olson who is a long time anti-terrorism guy. he is the head of the national anti-terrorism center. he said at this point, we're not aware of any actionable intelligence that this attack was planned or imminent. the intelligence community is combing through before and after to determine the full extent of who was involved. i dotted there is some evidence in here that the state department was covering themselves because they had some warnings about possible problems along these lines. but it doesn't seem to implicate hillary clinton and it certainly doesn't match the narrative that this was all somehow a political cover-up of what actually happened on those days. so i'm glad the white house released the reports. we're going to pore through them
the general counsel said cia said let's be careful, folks. the fbi and the people doing the investigation don't want us talking about who we think might be responsible. and then later on, there is an anti-smoking gun. a memo on the 14th which was the day before susan rice went on tv from a guy named matt olson who is a long time anti-terrorism guy. he is the head of the national anti-terrorism center. he said at this point, we're not aware of any actionable intelligence that this attack was...
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though now we know that the white house had access to e-mails going back and forth showing that the cia in fact called it a terrorist act and we were just a few weeks out of an election. >> there is no speech that justifies mindless violence. there are no words that excuse the killing of innocents. there is no video that justifies on attack on an embassy. >> also tough trying to get every single one of them wrong, too. >> geraldo: is there any indication yet that any one in the white house was aware of what the irs was doing vis-a-vis the tea party or other conservative groups? >> it would be unbelievable to think that not a sing isle person in the white house close to the president didn't know anything about this. the president has created, geraldo, an environment, a culture of guerilla warfare. he is obsessed with power and ego and hates dissent. he created this environment. who has created all of this? who has created this obsession with power and hatred for dissent in all of these scandals? it is the president. the fact it clearly it just so happens that everyone targeted happens to
though now we know that the white house had access to e-mails going back and forth showing that the cia in fact called it a terrorist act and we were just a few weeks out of an election. >> there is no speech that justifies mindless violence. there are no words that excuse the killing of innocents. there is no video that justifies on attack on an embassy. >> also tough trying to get every single one of them wrong, too. >> geraldo: is there any indication yet that any one in...
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see, i have spent two years as the cia. i'm tired of seeing the cia get beat up. they seem to be the whipping boy. because they live under such a cloud of secrecy that you can't know what's going on there. but these are good people. they are honorable people. the cia never would have left those people behind. i know them too well. but there has not to be more hearings. we are calling for bipartisan commission with subpoena power to bring this these military and cia people and get to the bottom of this. >> governor huckabee: i hope it happens. thank you for your perspective. poet of you having first-hand knowledge of what happens behind the scenes. did the family members of the benghazi victims get the answers they wanted at wednesday's hearings? i'm going to ask the mother of sean smith. one of the four americans killed in benghazi. that's next. smith next. [ female announcer ] research suggests cell health plays a key role throughout our lives. one a day women's 50+ is a complete multivitamin designed for women's health concerns as we age. it has 7 antioxidants t
see, i have spent two years as the cia. i'm tired of seeing the cia get beat up. they seem to be the whipping boy. because they live under such a cloud of secrecy that you can't know what's going on there. but these are good people. they are honorable people. the cia never would have left those people behind. i know them too well. but there has not to be more hearings. we are calling for bipartisan commission with subpoena power to bring this these military and cia people and get to the bottom...
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why did he want to put a flag up over the cia operation? thank you, michael crowley. thank you, great reporting, jonathan. we're going to be right back after this. to treat my low testosterone, i did my research. my doctor and i went with axiron, the only underarm low t treatment. axiron can restore t levels to normal in about 2 weeks in most men. axiron is not for use in women or anyone younger than 18 or men with prostate or breast cancer. women, especially those who are or who may become pregnant and children should avoid contact where axiron is applied as unexpected signs of puberty in children or changes in body hair or increased acne in women may occur. report these symptoms to your doctor. tell your doctor about all medical conditions and medications. serious side effects could include increased risk of prostate cancer; worsening prostate symptoms; decreased sperm count; ankle, feet or body swelling; enlarged or painful breasts; problems breathing while sleeping; and blood clots in the legs. common side effects include skin redness or irritation where applied,
why did he want to put a flag up over the cia operation? thank you, michael crowley. thank you, great reporting, jonathan. we're going to be right back after this. to treat my low testosterone, i did my research. my doctor and i went with axiron, the only underarm low t treatment. axiron can restore t levels to normal in about 2 weeks in most men. axiron is not for use in women or anyone younger than 18 or men with prostate or breast cancer. women, especially those who are or who may become...
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why did he want to put a flag up over the cia operation? thank you, michael crowley. thank you, great reporting, jonathan. we're going to be right back after this. i even wrote a play about that. my symptoms were a pain in my abdomen and periods that were heavier and longer than usual for me. if you have symptoms that last two weeks or longer, be brave, go to the doctor. ovarian and uterine cancers are gynecologic cancers. symptoms are not the same for everyone. i got sick...and then i got better. help the gulf recover, andnt to learn from what happenedg goals: so we could be a better, safer energy company. i've been with bp for 24 years. i was part of the team that helped deliver on our commitments to the gulf - and i can tell you, safety is at the heart of everything we do. we've added cutting-edge safety equipment and technology, like a new deepwater well cap and a state-of-the-art monitoring center, where experts watch over all our drilling activity, twenty-four-seven. and we're sharing what we've learned, so we can all produce energy more safely. safety is a vita
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that the cia, the leaders at the cia, very much agreed with the assessment of the state department and the white house that they were content that the final talking points were not scrubbed down in any way. that they believe that those did accurately nonstra lly no lly d assessment of what took place at that time on september 11th of 2012 at the mbenbenghazi diplom facility. initially referred to as a consulate. one of the specific changes referred to a stylistic at the time. we saw -- we have now copies of all 12 of the talking points. and the e-mail conversations that took place behind the scenes. there are e-mails from the cia director at the time, david petraeus, the deputy director, mike morrell. as well as e ma-mails written b top people at the white house as well as members at the state department. >> you mean there's been some revision now in what we know to be the case, that ansar sharia, the al qaeda group in south africa was somehow erased? take that one. the initial version of the talking points to be used by susan rice referenced ansar sharia, al qaeda group in north afric
that the cia, the leaders at the cia, very much agreed with the assessment of the state department and the white house that they were content that the final talking points were not scrubbed down in any way. that they believe that those did accurately nonstra lly no lly d assessment of what took place at that time on september 11th of 2012 at the mbenbenghazi diplom facility. initially referred to as a consulate. one of the specific changes referred to a stylistic at the time. we saw -- we have...
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the cia disputed who was in charge. at the end of the day, it was the deputy cia director morale who took out a lot of language whose deletion republicans object to. by the way, every iteration of the talking point from the first to the last included the assertion originally from the cia that the assault on the facility had originated from an anti-american demonstration. and a lot of people have said, well, the white house just made that up, it was a convenient narrative. that's what the intelligence community was saying from the get-go. susan rice had no role in the talking points. she was totally shafted. they sent her out with these things that she played no part in. she read them and missed the chance to be secretary of state as a result. >> marc l marco rubio was on the daily run down and was asked about security and benghazi. here is what he said. >> the security they had there was inadequate. the ability to respond to the attack was inadequate. that falls on the state department. my concern is the people who made
the cia disputed who was in charge. at the end of the day, it was the deputy cia director morale who took out a lot of language whose deletion republicans object to. by the way, every iteration of the talking point from the first to the last included the assertion originally from the cia that the assault on the facility had originated from an anti-american demonstration. and a lot of people have said, well, the white house just made that up, it was a convenient narrative. that's what the...
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that was a politically deliberate leak of a cia covert operative that did endanger lives. when you have a politically driven leak where you have an administration that says i'll punish joe wilson by leaking his wife's name do we want prosecution for the leaker in that case. it's a very nuanced question. >> what they didn't want in the media was the fact on the one year anniversary of the bin laden killing there's a retaliatory attack planned. it was not designed to capture bin laden to have had some negative consequences for national security. look, again this, is the big story we're hearing about in the media whether or not the ap threatened national security by publishing a story the government knew was coming out. we may never know the answer to that. this was designed to intimidate. they were looking at seven journalists but got phone records to iv different lines in four bureaus. there's these guidelines that are supposed to be in place to limit the practice of using these subpoenas to go after phone records of journalists. put in place after the watergate era in 1980
that was a politically deliberate leak of a cia covert operative that did endanger lives. when you have a politically driven leak where you have an administration that says i'll punish joe wilson by leaking his wife's name do we want prosecution for the leaker in that case. it's a very nuanced question. >> what they didn't want in the media was the fact on the one year anniversary of the bin laden killing there's a retaliatory attack planned. it was not designed to capture bin laden to...
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allegedly trying to recruit a russian for the cia. in a scene right out of the cold war, 29-year-old ryan fogle, a low-level diplomat, allegedly caught with a spy's tool kit. wigs, sunglasses, maps, money. even a letter offering his russian contact up to $1 million a year. quote, to discuss your experience, expertise and cooperation. that's instructions for opening up a gmail account. the russians released fogle to the u.s. embassy. he'll probably be sent home. on twitter, the u.s. ambassador had no comment. at washington's popular spy museum, a former cia spy says it happens all the time. >> even the disguise material, which people have sort of charteled about, i've used d disguise. it can work. >> reporter: the russians call the incident provocative. secretary of state kerry was meeting with his russian counterpart in sweden, presumably not swapping spy stories. >> you see those wigs? a letter telling -- something. >> the wig, the letter. >> something amiss with that. you okay this morn? >> all right. a late night. chris christie wa
allegedly trying to recruit a russian for the cia. in a scene right out of the cold war, 29-year-old ryan fogle, a low-level diplomat, allegedly caught with a spy's tool kit. wigs, sunglasses, maps, money. even a letter offering his russian contact up to $1 million a year. quote, to discuss your experience, expertise and cooperation. that's instructions for opening up a gmail account. the russians released fogle to the u.s. embassy. he'll probably be sent home. on twitter, the u.s. ambassador...
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information especially when it came to 9/11, different security agencies having information, the fbi, cia, other agencies, but not sharing it. we talked about it a lot in the wake of the boston marathon bombings. now we have it again here in this report. the inspector general of the justice department finding that the justice department not only didn't know definitively how many known or suspected terrorists were admitted into the witness security program, but also that the marshal service did not share information of potential value to the fbi before may 2012, just last year the marshal service, the fbi and other agencies did not have a formal process to share witness security terrorism information. they were not sharing this information. so what would happen is these individuals who participated in the witness security program would get new names. the federal government would provide them with these new identities. and then even though they were suspected terrorists and under their old names would not be allowed to fly because of the no-fly list, with their new names they were able to b
information especially when it came to 9/11, different security agencies having information, the fbi, cia, other agencies, but not sharing it. we talked about it a lot in the wake of the boston marathon bombings. now we have it again here in this report. the inspector general of the justice department finding that the justice department not only didn't know definitively how many known or suspected terrorists were admitted into the witness security program, but also that the marshal service did...
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and there are internal problems in the cia. mike morel, the deputy, and petraeus disagreeing about whether al qaeda references should have been left in. to try to spin it, that we had won the war on terror against al qaeda or as the white house claims, it was simply trying to eliminate confusing references before the fbi had begun investigating. as an outsider, a bystander, you have no stake in this. what do you think? >> a combination of both. i think there were those in the administration that wanted to minimize it was a terrorist attack because the president by prior statements saying we are winning that war. i think it was a mistake to put that out. yes, al qaeda has been weakened but it is like a cancer and the cells continue to spread in various places at various levels and it is a long term commitment. terrorism is not going away. to the extend they tried to say this is not terrorism, a mistake was made. on the other hand. it is clear that the fact is that the issue being missed here is that why did the cia not have bett
and there are internal problems in the cia. mike morel, the deputy, and petraeus disagreeing about whether al qaeda references should have been left in. to try to spin it, that we had won the war on terror against al qaeda or as the white house claims, it was simply trying to eliminate confusing references before the fbi had begun investigating. as an outsider, a bystander, you have no stake in this. what do you think? >> a combination of both. i think there were those in the...
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included by the cia. two references to the al qaeda were removed by intelligence community, not the white house and the cia. and three, the heart of your question, what we were trying to do at the time was get it right based in a very challenging environment with shifting information at the same time to protect the invet grate of the inve investigation that was going to happen to ensure that we brought justice to the people who committed this heinous act. >> the phone record for the a.p. is an issue. the attorney general will stand by the white house fully? >> the president has faith in attorney general holder. our cardinal rule is we don't get involved in independent investigations, and this is one of those. as general principle, we want to balance, national security leaks are dangerous. people that put the lives of our intelligence officers, our military at risk. but, two, we have to do it in a way in a balances freedom of press, which is why the president called on congress to pass the media shield law
included by the cia. two references to the al qaeda were removed by intelligence community, not the white house and the cia. and three, the heart of your question, what we were trying to do at the time was get it right based in a very challenging environment with shifting information at the same time to protect the invet grate of the inve investigation that was going to happen to ensure that we brought justice to the people who committed this heinous act. >> the phone record for the a.p....
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this new push stems from revelations that the cia's original talking points used by ambassador susan rice in the days after the attack had undergone significant edits by senior administration officials. >> for the president's spokesman to say well there were only words or technical changes made in the e-mail is a flat-out untruth when we know any reference to act of terror or al qaeda were removed from those talking points and it was done at a deputy's meeting just before susan rice went -- >> would you call this a cover-up? >> i'd call it a cover-up. i would call it a cover-up in the extent that there was wi willful removal of information which was obvious. >> he said untruths by the way. he did not use the word lie. >>> former defense secretary robert gates defending the administration's handling of the attacks in libya. >> based on everything i've read people really didn't know what was going on in benghazi contemporaneously, and to send some small number of special forces or other troops in without knowing what the environment was or threat was without having any intelligence in
this new push stems from revelations that the cia's original talking points used by ambassador susan rice in the days after the attack had undergone significant edits by senior administration officials. >> for the president's spokesman to say well there were only words or technical changes made in the e-mail is a flat-out untruth when we know any reference to act of terror or al qaeda were removed from those talking points and it was done at a deputy's meeting just before susan rice went...
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because it started in may of last year with this scoop from the ap that the cia had foiled an al-qaeda suicide bomb plot being planned around the anniversary of osama bin laden's death, the plot being orchestrated by an affiliate in yemen that involved an upgrade of the underwear bomb in detroit on christmas day in 2009 and get this. that the fbi actually had the bomb in its possession, had managed to get its hands on the bomb and was examining it to see whether it could have passed through airport security. the ap did not publish this when it first had the information because intelligence operation was still underway. so if he pulls the story and they do report on the plot only after they learn the white house itself planned to release the information in a public announcement. the ap's report was published one day ahead of the white house's planned announcement. now, while this all sounded like a good news kind of story, they managed to get the ball, right? the fact the ap got a hold ahead of time and the cia was saying the operation was not incomplete, that got capitol hill worried.
because it started in may of last year with this scoop from the ap that the cia had foiled an al-qaeda suicide bomb plot being planned around the anniversary of osama bin laden's death, the plot being orchestrated by an affiliate in yemen that involved an upgrade of the underwear bomb in detroit on christmas day in 2009 and get this. that the fbi actually had the bomb in its possession, had managed to get its hands on the bomb and was examining it to see whether it could have passed through...
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provided in the context of the confirmation as cia director. after seeing the e-mails they approved john brennan. it was a large bipartisan vote. theres no issue here. what is clear from the e-mails is three thing debunk all of the conspiracies here. first the idea that there was a protest is put together -- >> chris: they say the attack was inspired by the protests in cairo. there is no mention of a protest against the video in any of the talking points. >> the idea that the point is that the -- the argument here has been from republicans is that it had nothing to do with the pro tests and that was how somehow fabricated by the administration for political reasons. >> chris: is there a mention about the talking points? there is no demonstration against the video in benghazi? >> what the fact that that happened is what a lot of people -- the second thing in the talking points is that the references to terror and al-qaeda were removed notpy the white house or the state department but by the cia. and this h is why -- >> chris: but the state depar
provided in the context of the confirmation as cia director. after seeing the e-mails they approved john brennan. it was a large bipartisan vote. theres no issue here. what is clear from the e-mails is three thing debunk all of the conspiracies here. first the idea that there was a protest is put together -- >> chris: they say the attack was inspired by the protests in cairo. there is no mention of a protest against the video in any of the talking points. >> the idea that the point...
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with me now is former cia operative mike baker. joins us from boise. david hunt still with us from boston and christopher is still with us in new york. mike, right from the get-go, they threw the cia under the bus. do you feel exonerated? >> yeah. unhappily so. you'd like to think that the white house has more honor than that. we've been talking about, judge, on your show surely since the attack occurred. the white house, oddly enough, is in charge of the white house talking points, the points that they put together under their direction to explain their position on any particular matter. they would like us to think somehow that the cia is driving that train or the state department now. as if somehow the white house is nothing more than a mouthpiece. you send over your talking points, we'll read whatever you draft. it's an indication of this continuing contempt that the president has for the public and the belief that they can't tell the difference between a load of crap and the truth. >> that's an interesting comment. colonel hunt, i'm going back to y
with me now is former cia operative mike baker. joins us from boise. david hunt still with us from boston and christopher is still with us in new york. mike, right from the get-go, they threw the cia under the bus. do you feel exonerated? >> yeah. unhappily so. you'd like to think that the white house has more honor than that. we've been talking about, judge, on your show surely since the attack occurred. the white house, oddly enough, is in charge of the white house talking points, the...
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and cia military move pt? >> that a good question. right now the group is under pressure but most of it is from drones and airstrikes. but the yemeni government right now, we have to remember that arab spring, in egypt meu barry goes to prison. sulla didn't lose, he just stepped down from being the president. he is still a political figure. there is all of these tensions, behind the scenes maneuvering between the different factions and the yemeni government doesn't have complete control over large portions of the country right now. >> gregory, i know you are a yemen expert. not necessarily a guantanamo expert. but if you -- if something was able to be worked out an these 59 guys were shipped from cuba to home to yemen like the yemeni government is arguing for, do you think that would ehe is not blly be the key to closing guantanamo. >> it would be i think a large step towards closing guantanamo. you i think there is a bigger issue, and that is keeping people indefinitely detained outside the legal framework. and so president obama is
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>> well, they certainly did remove those references, whether they were removed by the cia or whether they were removed by people in the state department is unclear. but the attack point and i do agree that that's troubling, but those talking points should have been put out months ago and the removal of that phrase should have been explained. i'm not justifying the removal but the republicans focused on the words spontaneous demonstration inspired by cairo and i learned for the first time that that never changed from the cia's first formulation. >> the problem with that -- >> why not communicate that right up front? >> i agree with you. i think the problem is the removal of the al qaeda reference was being seen as a deliberate action by people in the administration to avoid that being the narrative, that al qaeda was still active and killing american ambassadors and other staff. i think you put it all together with the irs targeting the tea party, the benghazi issue of these talking points and al qaeda references being removed, the a.p. being targeted by the justice department and wha
>> well, they certainly did remove those references, whether they were removed by the cia or whether they were removed by people in the state department is unclear. but the attack point and i do agree that that's troubling, but those talking points should have been put out months ago and the removal of that phrase should have been explained. i'm not justifying the removal but the republicans focused on the words spontaneous demonstration inspired by cairo and i learned for the first time...
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it is cia. this is what is going on is not a relevant point. >> i think we've reached a real sad stage in been gazay. i want to be very clear. i will say this today on "the cycle." there is an abuse of power in benghazi. the abuse of power is the complete exploitation and politicalization of this strategy by some members of the republican party in the house. that is outrageous. and we know that because at the very time that they are supposedly investigating this, accusing the white house of as the president said today, some sort of weird three-day political conspiracy where it would be hidden but only for a few days and then they would acknowledge it was terrorism, while they're doing that, the national republican election commission, committee, excuse me, is fundraising off benghazi and they moved the target. it is disgusting. it has gone totally out of control and it is also sad because, and i don't say this just to beat up. i think it is absolutely true that we have to investigate these irs c
it is cia. this is what is going on is not a relevant point. >> i think we've reached a real sad stage in been gazay. i want to be very clear. i will say this today on "the cycle." there is an abuse of power in benghazi. the abuse of power is the complete exploitation and politicalization of this strategy by some members of the republican party in the house. that is outrageous. and we know that because at the very time that they are supposedly investigating this, accusing the...
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these e-mails show exchanges between officials at the white house, the cia, and the state department over exactly what should be said in those talking points, the ones would be first provided to a house intelligence committee, but also provided to susan rice on that sunday following the benghazi attack. and i think the most significant lesson that we learn from reading these documents at this point is at least according to a senior administration official, that they say even though there was a lot of evidence that the state department, we reported, wanted changes, a senior intelligence official says specifically that they wanted the same changes independently of the state department and that they proactively made those changes. in these documents, we see one of the versions of the talking points, where then deputy cia director mike morel had crossed out a lot of the language in there, specifically language that referred to al qaeda and referred to past cia warnings. the concern among senior administration officials who tell nbc news this was that they didn't want to prejudice the fbi
these e-mails show exchanges between officials at the white house, the cia, and the state department over exactly what should be said in those talking points, the ones would be first provided to a house intelligence committee, but also provided to susan rice on that sunday following the benghazi attack. and i think the most significant lesson that we learn from reading these documents at this point is at least according to a senior administration official, that they say even though there was a...
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in fact, there's almost an antismoking gun, which is the e-mail from the general counsel of the cia, who at one point explicitly writes, i know there's a hurry to get this, but we need to hold it long enough to ascertain whether providing it, this is the original talking points which did have information about al qaeda, which did talk about libya being a wash in weapons and that this being likely an attack by militant extremists, but whether providing it conflicts with the expressed instructions from national security staff, doj, fbi, that in light of the criminal investigation, we are not to generate statements with assessments as to who did this. that sort of sets the ball in motion in terms of scrubbing out all relevant details about who was behind the attack from the talking points. then you put on top of that, that very revealing sort of bureaucratic knife fight between the state department and the cia in which state department officials are taking umbrage at the idea that there were cia warnings about the threat of a terrorist attack. clearly, the cia was trying to push that ou
in fact, there's almost an antismoking gun, which is the e-mail from the general counsel of the cia, who at one point explicitly writes, i know there's a hurry to get this, but we need to hold it long enough to ascertain whether providing it, this is the original talking points which did have information about al qaeda, which did talk about libya being a wash in weapons and that this being likely an attack by militant extremists, but whether providing it conflicts with the expressed...
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spy games, wigs, weapons, dark glasses, how russia says it nabbed a cia agent. inside the obama administration's horrible no good very bad week. >>> plus, a teen athlete found dead inside a gym mat. after a picture surfaces, his parents are demanding answers. >> did you believe that? >> no. >> and you still don't believe it? >> no, i don't. >>> and attention space geeks, buzz aldrin joins me live on why america should colonize mars very soon. >>> here we go. hour two. i'm brooke baldwin. thanks for being with me here. i want to begin this hour with some strange goings on in washington. on the justice department's snooping today, the president's chief spokesman says that the white house learned about it yesterday when the rest of us heard the news about the far reaching subpoena covering journalists. and then there is the story concerning the irs apparently making conservative groups jump through all kinds of hoops just to get tax exempt status. jay carney said, hold on, let's get more facts. in washington now, jessica yellin, chief white house correspondent, and
spy games, wigs, weapons, dark glasses, how russia says it nabbed a cia agent. inside the obama administration's horrible no good very bad week. >>> plus, a teen athlete found dead inside a gym mat. after a picture surfaces, his parents are demanding answers. >> did you believe that? >> no. >> and you still don't believe it? >> no, i don't. >>> and attention space geeks, buzz aldrin joins me live on why america should colonize mars very soon....
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the emails reveal that white house officials at that time, like john brennan, now director of cia, made at least one substantive change to the talking points on that friday, a fact that contradicts the claim by java this week that the white house's only contribution to the 12 drafts was the minor tweaking of consulate to diplomat facility late in the process. the fbi was still maintaining that al-qaeda was involved in the benghazi attacks even after the cia had stricken all references to that terror group. greta? >> greta: why were the emails classified? do you have any idea? there's nothing particularly earth shaking. when things are classified that shouldn't be, it never sends a good signal to me. >> the conclusion of people who studied benghazi closely, followed the story all along, that the contents are not helpful to the white house. i don't think these emails help them. >> greta: that's not a reason to classify, things that make you look bad. >> not all of it was classified. i asked the tonight who was the actual authority to declassify documents declassified these. was it the pre
the emails reveal that white house officials at that time, like john brennan, now director of cia, made at least one substantive change to the talking points on that friday, a fact that contradicts the claim by java this week that the white house's only contribution to the 12 drafts was the minor tweaking of consulate to diplomat facility late in the process. the fbi was still maintaining that al-qaeda was involved in the benghazi attacks even after the cia had stricken all references to that...
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, mike morel and then the cia director, david petraeus. david petraeus, after all the e-mails are in the eyes of republicans scrub said the following in one of these e-mails, he says, "i just as soon not use these." that's what critics are pouncing on tonight. an assertion they believe because there's no evidence that the cia officials actually independently wanted these changes. that's just what they told us in this private briefing. there's no evidence of that. and these e-mails, they believe the white house and state department played a significant role in this process. >> not surprising critics still believe that. i've reviewed some of them, and what strikes me is what you have is a situation of a white house trying to referee a whole -- herding a whole lot of cats that have different stakes on this issue and what ultimately happens in any of these situations if you've ever been part of collaborative process, cooperation, where everybody's got a veto is you go to the lowest common denominator, which is to say the least amount possible,
, mike morel and then the cia director, david petraeus. david petraeus, after all the e-mails are in the eyes of republicans scrub said the following in one of these e-mails, he says, "i just as soon not use these." that's what critics are pouncing on tonight. an assertion they believe because there's no evidence that the cia officials actually independently wanted these changes. that's just what they told us in this private briefing. there's no evidence of that. and these e-mails,...
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as the guys on the e-mail shows then white house director john brennan who is the director of the cia said they tweaked it. jay carney said they were only minor tweaks. >> that initial information that includes all information we saw no evidence to back up claims by others that it was a preplanned or pre-meditated attack. >> the early drafts read we know islamic extremists with ties to al qaeda participated in the attack. hours later that day both al qaeda and attacks were deleted. it had been replaced with quote violent demonstrations. state department spokesman victoria newland they show evidence of communication between her leadership and national security staff to soften sop some of the language in the talking points. the first example: language about the cia's prior red flags were addressed and she suggested taking them out. as some lawmakers tell us such as lindsay gram and jason chafus we don't have all of the documents at all. >> i know absolutely for total certain at this this is a small anying goj. there are 25,000 documents. >> e-mails? >> a lot of them e-mails a lot of the
as the guys on the e-mail shows then white house director john brennan who is the director of the cia said they tweaked it. jay carney said they were only minor tweaks. >> that initial information that includes all information we saw no evidence to back up claims by others that it was a preplanned or pre-meditated attack. >> the early drafts read we know islamic extremists with ties to al qaeda participated in the attack. hours later that day both al qaeda and attacks were deleted....
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indeed, at one point, a cia official said added we revised the document with their concerns in mind. now, major player in all of that was then state department spokeswoman victoria nuland. at 7:16 p.m., she e-mailed quote, the line about knowing there were extremists among the demonstrate evers will come back to us at podium. how do we know, who are they? 23 minutes later without any reply to her earlier e-mail, she wrote again, quote, i just had a convo with redacted name and added on that basis i have serious concerns about all the parts highlighted below. that's when she commenced the argument we have been reporting on for more than a week now, about whether or not we want to be feeding any narratives about how cia gave previous warnings and so forth. >> as i read these talking points that were originally put together by the cia, they do make reference to a spontaneous attack, then they change it to spontaneous demonstration. what they say is this is the first version before our state department weighed in. we believe based on the currently available info, that it was spontaneousl
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the cia isn't speaking. tonight, fogel has been kicked out of the country, headed back to the u.s., from russia with love. martha raddatz, abc news, washington. >>> and back here at home tonight, the financial markets had a lot of fizz again today. the dow closing up 123 points, another record close. >>> and one driver of the economy, the buying power of hispanic americans. so how does everyone get in on this great action? tonight abc's david muir is back with more in our "made in america" series. what's selling hot and why. >> the newest numbers really tell the story. within two years, one of the 33 babies born in america, hispanic. hispanic american families, a force. soon spending 1.5 trillion a year on goods, creating jobs for the companies who jump on this opportunity. on the streets of mexico city, we noticed something. that first red truck, that bimbo bear, with the thumb's up, they're everywhere. and how many stops in one day for one truck? 30 stops in one day alone. tonight here's why american compa
the cia isn't speaking. tonight, fogel has been kicked out of the country, headed back to the u.s., from russia with love. martha raddatz, abc news, washington. >>> and back here at home tonight, the financial markets had a lot of fizz again today. the dow closing up 123 points, another record close. >>> and one driver of the economy, the buying power of hispanic americans. so how does everyone get in on this great action? tonight abc's david muir is back with more in our...
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turning to iran, where state radio is reporting that two men have been executed for spying for the cia. they've been convicted by tehran's revolutionary guard and were hanged at dawn. >>> and north korea, adding one more rocket launch to this weekend. a short-range missile fell into the waters off north korea's coast today. the launch has set back recent moves to ease tensions on the korean peninsula and appear to have been provoked by the u.s. aircraft carrier. >>> the white house of course under fire because treasury department officials were told of the irs investigation a year ago. but tonight, we have learned that some republican members of congress were also told back then. reena ninan joining us from the white house. reena, good evening. >> reporter: the white house officials were first made aware of the irs probe in late april. but insisted president obama wasn't informed then. instead, learning about it when the story broke in the media. white house aide dan pfeiffer says no orders were given to the irs to go after tea party groups. >> bottom line, no communication as far as y
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. >>> the cia trained a cat to spy on the enemy in the 1960s. when they released the cat, it got hit by a car. this is true. at which point the russian driving the car was like, it's done. >>> in australia, an implosion gone bad. with an extra push, the building came down. >>> this is billionaire richard branson, paying up on a bet he lost. it toox guts. >>> and holy replica, batman. a florida shop created a street-legal version of the batmobile. >>> a new report suggests insects are healthy sources of protein and fiber the. >>> according to the un, all your new yorkers with bed bugs are technically ranchers. >>> a bat on the loose in baseball. luckily, this fan had it covered. prince harry took to the field, too. his visit to the u.s. was a home run. charming crowds. >> is that one direction? >> no, it's not, jon. the dashing soldier prince who makes people react to him like this. >> frankly, i found him to be a very attractive young man. >> gotta love it. all right. a childish politician test tube meat and the many faces of difd beckham. time
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or the cia making itself look good at the expense of the state department. and then you have the second layer of why in the world were the white house and jay carney so insistent on arguing that the white house had -- and the state department had their hands completely off these talking points and only changed one word when it's entirely clear from what we now know that the state department in particular was very insistent on having these talking points watered down. >> hold on, both of you. i'm going to bring in congressman adam schiff. let me play what jay carney had to say. >> the only edits made at the white house were stylistic and not substantive. they changed the building from consulate to diplomatic facility. >> but we know the talking points were further watered down. so with someone either at the state department or white house trying to cover something up? >> i think the most significant err error in the talking points, and this has been lost in this discussion, the argument that this began as a spontaneous poe test. that stayed in the talking poi
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why hasn't there been more focus on the -- the more we know, cia may have had more oversight over this outpost than any other agency. should there be more, should the intelligence committee, should there be more of an investigation into the cia's actions before, during and after? >> i think mr. issa's committee is not finished in that regard. i'm not a member of the intelligence committee and frankly, i'm not privy to all the conversations that go on there, but yes, the state department should be the focus of this as well as additional penetrating questions i'm glad on the house side, we have folks willing to ask the tough questions to get the facts out. >> all right, roger wicker, thanks for coming on this morning. >> thank you, sir. >> coming up, lawmakers are using words like sickening, abhorrent, to describe the latest string of military assault scandals. but first, how many sets of siblings have served sim ul tan yous ly in the senate. we know some of you folks when sander levin's on, you think carl levin. first person to tweet the correct answer gets an on air shout out. udalls a
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we learned last week that the cia's talking points on benghazi went through 11 rewrites at the behest of the state department and white house, which basically converted them from true to false by stripping out all references to terrorism. nothing new here, said mr. obama today adding the dubious claim that he himself had called it terrorism from the start. well, if that's true, then why did he permit his u.n. ambassador susan rice to recite those bogus talking points on five sunday programs days later and for her to add the bogus claim that it all stemmed from internet video? it may be late in the game for mr. obama to switch to take charge mode on benghazi. but duck and cover sure isn't working either. bret? >> bret: there is a potential third scandal now with this a.p. story. what are your thoughts on this? the justice department and what is happening with a.p. >> well, there had been a kind of bonded trust that existed between this administration and most elements of the mainstream media on benghazi last week, we could see that begin to fray for sure. you could see suddenly you had
we learned last week that the cia's talking points on benghazi went through 11 rewrites at the behest of the state department and white house, which basically converted them from true to false by stripping out all references to terrorism. nothing new here, said mr. obama today adding the dubious claim that he himself had called it terrorism from the start. well, if that's true, then why did he permit his u.n. ambassador susan rice to recite those bogus talking points on five sunday programs...
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was in connection with that cia story? >> no. they've not said it but i think that's a pretty open secret at this point. >> okay. thanks as always. >> witness now, the white house correspondent at "time" magazine and form he chief d.o.j. spokesman matt mill here served as a top aide to attorney general eric holder. let me start with you. ben smith has a column about this today. in a typical buzz feed manner, it includes a gift. >> cats. >> not taco cat but a gift of president obama morphing into president nixon. he talks about the fact that of course, republicans and republican administrations have behaved with similar overreach. and writes if the old republican party has little credibility on the questions of civil liberties and individual autonomy, a new one which joined at first hesitantly in senator rand paul is perfectly positioned to make its new challenge to the white house and the president. so what do you make of the politics of this? is this a turning point for the administration? >> i don't know if any one of these ind
was in connection with that cia story? >> no. they've not said it but i think that's a pretty open secret at this point. >> okay. thanks as always. >> witness now, the white house correspondent at "time" magazine and form he chief d.o.j. spokesman matt mill here served as a top aide to attorney general eric holder. let me start with you. ben smith has a column about this today. in a typical buzz feed manner, it includes a gift. >> cats. >> not taco cat...
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did not publish this when it first had the information because the white house and cia asked them not to because intelligence operation was still underway. so, if he pulls the story and th do rert on the plot only after they learn the white house itself planned to release the information in a public announcement. the a.p.'s report was published one day ahead of the white house's planned announcement. now, while this all sounded like a good news kind of story, they managed to get the bomb, right? the fact the a.p. got ahold ahead of time and the cia was saying the operation was not incomplete, that got capitol hill worried. lawmakers from both parties rushed to the microphones to demand investigations, criminal charges and prosecutions in what they are now calling a leaked case. >> i've ordered a preliminary review. and this has been a damaging leak. we shouldn't underestimate what really happened here. >> the fbi has to do a complete investigation because this is really criminal in the literal sense of the word to leak out this type of sensitive, classified information on really almos
did not publish this when it first had the information because the white house and cia asked them not to because intelligence operation was still underway. so, if he pulls the story and th do rert on the plot only after they learn the white house itself planned to release the information in a public announcement. the a.p.'s report was published one day ahead of the white house's planned announcement. now, while this all sounded like a good news kind of story, they managed to get the bomb,...